An insular country, subject to fogs, and with a powerful middle class, requires grave statesmen.

Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

The indulgence in grief is a blunder.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

There is no waste of time like making excuses.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.